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SPORTS The Elk City News SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2025 • 3 Henley Willis Dax Crow Briggs Nightengale Branson Bayard Bodey Alejandro Salazar Front-Cloy, Credence, Jemsyn, Tynsley, Henley. #40 Paisley Justus & #15 Audin Hanson Steal- Audyn Hanson Bryson Cooper Back Lennon, Faith, Audyn - Great Cheers! ing a ball Cloy Richardson - Never Give Up College, High School & Local Sports By Alex Alvarez played Kansas and lost 38-2, and are now will be versus Arkansas Pine-Bluff (A), be considered for a playoff spot in the Col- 1-8. Their next three games to end the reg- Nebraska (H), Oral Roberts (A), Alcorn lege Championships playoffs. Ohio State OKLAHOMA COLLEGES FOOTBALL ular season are against Kansas State, UCF State (A). Leader of the conference are the continues to be #1 with Indiana Hoosiers Oklahoma Sooners, now #11, were idle and Iowa State. Auburn Tigers at 32-6 and 15-3 in confer- #2, Texas A&M Aggies are #3. Most teams last week, and will be playing #4 Alabama Then a long rest and search for a coach ence play. have a maximum of 3 games left in the this weekend (Nov 15), on November 15. that will return the Cowboys to their win- Oklahoma State Cowboys are 14th in regular season. Game is at 2:30. Alabama and Oklahoma ning ways. First rumor is that Atlanta the Big-12 Conference with a 17-18 over- have played five times, with Oklahoma Falcons offensive coordinator Zac Robin- all record and 7-13 in the conference. RYDER COWAN WAS NAMED #1 Jemsyn Johnson & #2 Faith Winston winning three. The last time they played son is frequently mentioned as a top can- Their last 2 games were wins versus Oral PLAYER OF THE WEEK BY SEC was in 2018 when they played the semi- didate, while Texas State head coach GJ Roberts (95-71) and Texas A&M 87-63. After winning in Hawaii with 20 under first round of 4-A football playoffs. First final of the NCAA Playoffs, and Alabama Kinne is also considered a favorite. Leader Leader of the Big 12 Conference are the par, Ryder Cowan was named Player of game was an away game against Ardmore went on to win. If Oklahoma is going to of the Big 12 is BYU Cougars with overall Houston Cougars with 35-5 overall, and the Week by the SEC. It was Ryder’s first who finished their season 7-4. In their last be in the playoffs this year, they must win record of 11-2 and 7-2 conference record. 19-1 in Conference. Next three games are college win. The USGA has Ryder ranked game, Ardmore beat Tecumseh 62-26. No against Alabama and then against Mis- Prairie View AM (A), Texas A&M -Corp 36 in the world. That’s great! score for last night’s game until next edi- souri and their last regular season game OKLAHOMA COLLEGES (A) and South Florida (A). tion against LSU. Tough calendar, but we all BASKETBALL ELK CITY SPORTS – CURRENT Merritt Football, Coach Dustin Beasley. knew, SEC is probably the best conference. Oklahoma Sooners (20-14 overall, 6-12 FOOTBALL RANKINGS RECORDS Final Season Record 4-6 Conference leaders are the Texas Long- in Conference) are 11th in the SEC Con- Without a game, the Sooners climbed With a win against Woodward on Last Game: Win versus Watonga 35-7 horns with an overall record 13-3 and 7-1 ference. They are 1-1 in the last two games, to #11 in the rankings. The game against Friday the 7th (27-14), the coach Zach Sources: Local Sources, ESPN, MSN, I conference. win versus St Francis (PA) 102-66 and loss #4 Alabama Crimson Tide will most likely Maynard and Elk City Elks finished their GOOGLE, Facebook, OSSAA, Wikipedia, Oklahoma State University Cowboys to Gonzaga 83-68. Their next three games determine whether or not the Sooners will regular season 5-5 and qualified for the Other Internet Media Professional Individual Sports By Alex Alvarez player winning at least three 50. The top 100 will have access (now 103). Arizona. The top players are ened to 54 holes due to weather, tournaments in 2025, where to all regular tour events (not the To finish the year, the Tour is playing for a $1,000,000 bonus. and because there was a tie after GOLF Scottie Scheffler won 6, in- elevated events), the top 50 will hosting the Butterfield Bermuda Mathematically, only five players 54 holes, there was a playoff. PGA TOUR: The PGA Tour’s cluding two majors and Rory be automatically qualified for Championship, South Hampton will be playing for the $1,000,000 The course was so wet, that the fall schedule continues, and last McIlroy won 3, including the all elevated events in 2026.Sami Bermuda (Nov 13-16) and the bonus: Steven Alker, Miguel An- organizers set a tee at about 140 week the stop was in Cabo San Masters, to complete his “Ca- Valimaki jumped from 103rd RSM Classic, St Simmons Is- gel Jimenez, Stewart Cink, Ernie yards from the 18th green to Lucas, south of the border in reer Slam” and a second Players in the standings to 76th, so he land, GA (Nov 20-23). The Hero Els and Thomas Bjorn. have a sudden death playoff be- Baja California, Mexico, where Championship. Ben Griffin is is now exempt in 2026. Chad World Challenge is next (Tiger At the end of the tourna- tween Nasa Hataoka and Yuna American Ben Griffin won his not considered a contender for Ramey jumped to 89th, Trevor Woods is host), and it is not an ment, there are two champions Araki who were at 15 under par. third tournament of the year by “Player of the Year” since both Cone jumped to 156th and will official PGA Tour event. Then, (it could be the same player); Nasa won the playoff with a 3. finishing 29 under par (65-65- Scottie and Rory won multiple have to place high in the upcom- comes the PGA Tour Q-School Winner of the tournament in No Americans were in the top 69-63) and two ahead of another big tournaments. Scottie won ing events to get in the top 100. by Korn Ferry. Phoenix and the top points 10, the best American finish was American, Chad Ramey (64- the Open Championship and Garrick Higgo was already in earner during the season. The Lucy Li who finished 42nd. 65-67-65) and Sami Valimaki the PGA Championship. Rory the top 100 at 57th but jumped PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: bonus payout is: $1,000,000, (61-67-69-64) from Finland. In was far ahead of anyone in this to 52nd. One more high finish in As you read this column, the $500,000, $300,000, $200,000 TENNIS fourth place, at 26 under were category early in the year, be- the next three tournaments and PGA Tour Champions (AKA and $100,000 ATP Finals are being played Garrick Higgo from South Afri- fore Scottie began his winning he will be inside the top 50. Senior Tour) ends their season as the final will be November 16. ca (68-65-61-68) and American streak. Since two players jumped into with the Charles Schwab Cup LPGA:. Sources: ESPN, PGA Tour.com, Trevor Cone (67-64-65-66). For now, the most important the top 100, two players were Championship. The top 36 play- The LPGA had their stop in LPGA.com, AP Tennis, Personal Ben Griffin’s third victory of part of the Tour in the fall events booted out of the top 100: Tom ers to date will play 72 holes at Japan in the TOTO Champion- Library, MSN Sports, On-Line the year makes him the third is who gets in the top 100 and top Kim (now 102) and Adam Scott the Phoenix Country Club, in ship. The tournament was short- media. Elk City Vs Woodward Photos by MarkSmithPhotography